Fruit production Bodensee Research Station KOB Dr. Manfred Büchele 1
Fruit production Lake Constance 7.500 ha apples on German side KOB Production Thurgau (CH) ca. 1.800 ha
Starting modern production in 1960 Production ~ 8 000 ha 1 600 growers, ca. 800 part time 250.000 300.000 t table fruits (25-30 % of Germany) 3 Producer organizations 75% of sales 200-250 Mio sales
Problems Plant protection: Scrab, Codling moth, fire blight etc. High investments: 40% of cultivars with hailnets Advantages Well educated and trained farmers Good equipment, new modern cultivars Additional income: Tourism, direct sale, industry Support by Government (direct: 15-20% of income) Production in the middle of consumers (50% of consumption)
Production varieties Jonagold Elstar Golden Delicious Braeburn Gala Rest NEU Clubsorten Idared Rest
Modern production Braeburn 2 nd year 3,5 m x 0,8 m 10 t/ha
Modern production Red Jonaprince 4 th year 3,5 m x 0,8 m 68 t/ha
Production for processing Low cost production Resistant varieties 12th year 4,5 m x 2,5 m 50 t/ha
Modern CA-Storage for Apples
Sorting size/colour by P.O.
40 % of harvest CA-storage
Fruit production Lake Constance -Organization of sale- Ca. 75 % organized sale of fruits (P.O.) 3 P.O. mastered by farmers but with professional staff Delivery retail and export centralized from 1 sales office Quality management system from farm to sales point High quality production with modern varieties, new orchards and best storage/sorting/packing equipment New markets (varieties, organic production) No competition between famers or P.O. at the sales level but regarding services/contractors for fruit farmers 23.09.2014 Erfolgskennzahlen & Controlling in Obstbaubetrieben Dr. M. Büchele Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau-Bodensee
Percent % Profitability of fruit growing farms working group at KOB Profit in relation to used capital 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Organic farms Upper 10% Most successful 25% Average Least successful 25% 23.09.2014 Erfolgskennzahlen & Controlling in Obstbaubetrieben Dr. M. Büchele Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau-Bodensee
Yield level Item /ha 30 t 50 t Storing, sorting etc Service P.O. 0,16 0,16 Fertilizer 200 0,01 0,00 Plant protection 1.200 0,04 0,02 Var. machine cost 700 0,02 0,01 Others. v.k. 800 0,03 0,02 Work 2.500 0,09 0,04 Sum Var. Cost 0,19 0,11 Deprec./cost building 300 0,01 0,01 Deprec./cost machine 600 0,02 0,01 Other fixed costs 500 0,02 0,01 Other Costs 0,05 0,03 Trees/trellis 1.200 0,04 0,02 Hailnet 1.000 0,03 0,02 Cultivars 0,07 0,04 Work Family 2.250 0,08 0,05 Land 300 0,01 0,01 Calculated cost 0,09 0,05 Production cost tot. 8.750 0,55 0,39 Production costs apple at Lake Constance - two yield levels
Sales and price table apple (farmers price= -16 /dt)
Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau Bodensee Versuchsstation mit 40 ha; 90% Kernobst Privatwirtschaftliche gemeinnützige Stiftung Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau - Bodensee Science KOB Fruit production and business
Organization of KOB Foundation KOB partners und projects Science Uni Hohenheim TU München Koop. UEB Prag Brasilien (3) Adana (TR) nets COST Applied science FH Weihenstephan/Schlachters Weinsberg/LTZ Esteburg (D) ACW Wädenswil (CH) Laimburg (I) Haidegg (A) etc. WEGA EUFRIN INTERREG Dt. Genbank Obst DGG Organized sale Consulting consulting P.O. Private consulting Producer Trade/ consumers Consumers Schoolfruitprogram Industry
Experimental Resources Experimental area total: 44 ha 24 ha integrated production, 20 ha organic production, 90% pome fruit, 10 % stone fruit Storage facilities: 100t cooling and 400t CA-storage (12 rooms), Storage for science purpose 48 compartments Lab: 400 sqm. well equipped Well educated and trained staff: 6 PhD, 4 M.Sc.,7 B.Sc., 10 students on internships, 4 workers in Lab, 8 workers in the fields, 70 temporary staff Erfolgskennzahlen & Controlling in Obstbaubetrieben Dr. M. Büchele Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau-Bodensee Contacts to extension and farmers in other regions with important fruit production 23.09.2014
Field of activities Varieties & Organic production - Dr. Ulrich Mayr Physiology Michael Zoth Plant protection Dr. Christian Scheer Postharvest physiology - Dr. Dominikus Kittemann Fruit markets and farm management - Dr. Manfred Büchele 23.09.2014 Erfolgskennzahlen & Controlling in Obstbaubetrieben Dr. M. Büchele Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau-Bodensee
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